On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Eloy F. Macha wrote: > gcc: <blah> <blah> received fatal signal 11??
This is generally caused by some hardware problem (memory, motherboard, disk control). > This error message appears intermittently when making the .o files > (objects) of the drivers, kernel, etc. > > Correct me if I am wrong when taking this approach: > - Delete the affected .o file (if created) and rerun 'make zImage' > (been doing this at least once per kernel compilation, but never > did finish.. accidentaly deleted the entry.o file.. as i'm typing this > i'm recompiling after reinstalling 1.3.77) One of my systems (an old 386DX40) had a very bad case of signal 11, especially when compiling a kernel. I could usually hammer my way through by retyping `make zImage' after each of the dozen or so fatal signals. I don't think I removed any affected .o's; they got redone in the next run. And the two or three kernels I built this way all worked fine. A careful check proved the DRAM OK, so I tried another ide interface card. Lo and behold: kernel compilations ran fine. But certain other compilations still resulted in signal 11, and some them never finished... Since I do very little work on that 386 these days, I never bothered to track the problem down completely. > Any suggestions/comments?? Based on the above experience, I would check the memory, swap the ide interface (if that is what you are using) with another machine, and finally go for a new motherbord. Hope this helps a bit... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Steven Bolt # popular science monthly KIJK # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
